The popularity of NFT and game track continues to rise. This week, the number of financing in this field accounted for more than half of the total financing.
According to the chain news statistics, between October 30 and November 5, there were 27 investment and financing events in the crypto market, a slight decrease from last week; the total amount of investment and financing has been disclosed as 1.309.8 billion US dollars, which is the second time since April this year. High Point.
From the perspective of track classification, the popularity of NFT and game track continues to rise, and financing in this field accounts for more than half of the total financing. A total of 3 billion-level large-scale financings occurred this week. The highest amount is Grayscale’s parent company, DCG, which raised US$700 million at a valuation of US$10 billion. The second phase of the SoftBank Vision Fund and Latin America Fund led the investment; followed by the blockchain game studio Mythical Games, which completed a US$150 million Series C round. For financing, a16z led the investment; Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payment company, completed a $150 million financing with a valuation of $2 billion, and FTX led the investment.
In addition, SoftBank also led the investment in The Sandbox in the past week to complete a new round of financing of US$93 million, which is also a piece of financing news that has attracted much attention from the market at the moment of the meta-universe fire. The SoftBank Vision Fund is a technology investment fund under SoftBank that focuses on unicorns in the technology sector. Its active performance in the past week shows its determination to bet on the crypto sector.
In terms of institutions, organizations that continued to be active this week include a16z, Animoca Brands, Jump Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Multicoin Capital, Huobi Ventures, Electric Capital, FTX, Hashed, Polychain Capital, Delphi Digital, DeFiance Capital, Tiger Global, DeFiance Capital, etc., are active Institutions generally focus on areas such as NFT and DeFi.
Note: The number and total amount of financing in the statistics does not include investment fund financing and Google’s investment in CME Group.
NFT and games
Blockchain game studio Mythical Games completes $150 million in Series C financing, led by a16z
Blockchain game studio Mythical Games completed a $150 million Series C financing with a valuation of $1.25 billion. A16z led the investment, with participation from D1 Capital, RedBird Capital, The Raine Group, Binance, and FTX. Existing investors Galaxy Interactive, WestCap, 01 Advisors, Javelin Partners, Struck Capital, Alumni Ventures and Signum Growth Investments followed suit.
Blockchain sandbox game The Sandbox completes US$93 million in financing, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Blockchain sandbox game The Sandbox completed US$93 million in financing, with SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leading the investment.
Game studio Faraway completed a US$21 million Series A financing led by Alameda Research and Alameda Research. A16z and Sequoia Capital participated in the investment
Game studio Faraway completed a US$21 million Series A financing, led by Alameda Research and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from a16z, Sequoia Capital, Pantera Capital, Jump Capital, and Solana.
Digital real estate trading game Upland completes $18 million Series A financing led by Animoca Brands
Digital real estate trading game Upland completed $18 million in Series A financing, led by Animoca Brands, and other investors include OneTeam Partners, Block.one, Alumni Ventures Blockchain Fund, Global Founders Capital, C3 Management, Michael Ronen (former SoftBank managing partner) , Mike Vorhaus (Vorhaus Advisors) and Michael Terpin (Transform Group CEO) participated in the investment.
Cricket NFT platform Faze completes $17.4 million in seed round financing, led by Tiger Global
Cricket NFT platform Faze completed a seed round of $17.4 million. Tiger Global led the investment. Dapper Labs, Coatue, Sequoia Capital India, SamsungNext, Courtside Ventures and Sacramento Kings Chairman Vivek Ranadive participated in the investment.
Interactive content experience creative studio rct AI completes over 10 million US dollars in A-3 round of financing, co-invested by Zonff Partners
Rct AI, a creative entertainment studio that aims to use distributed learning and artificial intelligence to create the next generation of interactive experiences, completed a $10 million A-3 round of financing. Zonff Partners co-invested, the original shareholder Galaxy Interactive, Yuan Universe Capital, and Springwind Ventures , Bonfire Union, Everest Ventures Group, FBG Capital, Folius Ventures, HashKey Capital, Hash Global, Fosun Group co-founder Liang Xinjun, Lucid Blue Ventures, Mask Network, PKSHA SPARX Algorithm Fund, SNZ, etc. participated in the investment.
NFT data market Hawku completes $4 million seed round financing, led by Lightspeed Ventures
NFT data market Hawku announced the completion of a $4 million seed round of financing. This round of financing was led by Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from Dragonfly Capital, Multicoin Capital, Alameda Research, Animoca Brands, Solana, Virtual Human Studio, e^{i} Ventures, etc. .
ARPG Game Project SEED completed US$3.1 million private equity financing, Huobi Ventures and others participated in the investment
ARPG (action role-playing) game Project SEED completed a private equity financing of 3.1 million US dollars, Huobi Ventures, Solar Eco Fund, Cipholio, Solana Capital, BlackEdge Capital, Basics Capital, UG Ventures, Exnetwork Capital, Minted Lab, etc. participated in the investment.
NFT social platform Monaco Planet completed a seed round financing of 3 million US dollars invested by Three Arrows Capital and IMO Ventures
The NFT social platform Monaco Planet completed a seed round of $3 million. This round of financing was jointly invested by Three Arrows Capital and IMO Ventures.
Solana ecological NFT social platform Only1 has completed over 3 million US dollars in financing and will launch the NFT market
Solana ecological NFT social platform Only1 (LIKE) announced that it has received strategic investment from A41 Ventures, Satori Research and Ellipti Ventures. Only1 has completed more than $3 million in financing.
Multi-chain game infrastructure developer Koi Labs completes US$2.6 million in Pre-A round of financing
Multi-chain game infrastructure developer Koi Labs announced the completion of a $2.6 million Pre-A round of financing. This round of financing was participated by AU21 Capital, Titans Ventures, CryptoDiffer, X21 Digital, Maven Capital, Encrypt Club, Kyros Ventures, Exnet Capital and others.
Solana-based game Nyan Heroes completed US$2.5 million in financing, led by Three Arrows and others
Solana-based shooting game Nyan Heroes announced that it has completed a seed round of $2.5 million, led by Three Arrows Capital, Mechanism Capital and DeFiance Capital, Sino Global Capital, Infinity Ventures Capital, Solana Ventures, Skyvision Capital, Yield Guild Games and Merit Circle Participating, angel investors include Kevin Lin (Twitch), Thomas Vu (Riot Games), Wu Jihan (Matrixport), Darren Lau (The Daily Ape) and Mr. Block.
Meta universe land information aggregator WeMeta completed the first round of financing of 1.1 million US dollars, and DCG participated in the investment
Meta universe digital land information aggregator WeMeta completed the first round of financing of 1.1 million US dollars, Delphi Digital, DeFi Alliance, Digital Currency Group, Galaxy Interactive, Hashed, SkyVision Capital and Tribe Capital participated in the investment, and other angel investors included Andy Chorlian (Fractional), Darren Lau (The Daily Ape), John Fiorelli (Kenetic) and Navi Singh (Antler).
Blockchain game startup Star Sharks receives strategic investment from Binance Labs
Blockchain game startup Star Sharks has received a strategic investment from Binance Labs, the amount of which was not disclosed. Star Sharks is a 3D NFT game based on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) with the sea world as the background. Users can obtain income by holding, breeding, and trading their shark pet NFT.
DeFi
Cardano Eco-DeFi Agreement Ardana completes US$10 million strategic financing, led by Three Arrows and Ascensive Assets
Cardano Eco-DeFi agreement Ardana completed a strategic financing of USD 10 million. Three Arrows Capital and Ascensive Assets jointly led the investment, and cFund, Morningstar Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Kronos Research, FMFW, MGNR, Selini Capital, Skynet Trading and Portico Ventures participated in the investment.
Crypto derivatives market Beta Finance raised US$5.75 million through private financing and public token sales
Beta Finance, a cryptocurrency derivatives market incubated by the DeFi platform Alpha Finance Lab, announced that it has raised US$5.75 million through private financing and public token sales. The private equity round was led by Sequoia Capital India, ParaFi Capital, DeFiance Capital, and Spartan Group , GSR, Delphi Digital and Multicoin Capital participated in the investment.
Tempus has completed a new round of financing of US$4 million and plans to go live on the Ethereum mainnet at the end of November
Future rate of return tokenization and fixed interest rate agreement Tempus completed a new round of financing of 4 million US dollars, Distributed Global, Jump Capital, Koji Capital participated in the investment, and existing investors also participated in this round of investment.
DeFi pledge and liquidity strategy platform xToken completed US$2 million financing, Lattice Capital and others participated in the investment
DeFi pledge and liquidity strategy platform xToken completed a US$2 million financing. Lattice Capital, Zeal Capital founder Joe Buttram, Cygni Capital co-founder Thomas France, Kyber Network co-founder Loi Luu and his team, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick and others participated Investment, the funds raised will be used to develop xToken’s decentralized asset management platform.
YieldFi platform Entropyfi raises US$1.6 million through IDO on Deversifi
YieldFi platform Entropyfi raised USD 1.6 million through IDO on Deversifi and will launch Deversifi, Uniswap and QuickSwap.
YieldFi platform Entropyfi completes $1.5 million seed round and private equity round financing
YieldFi agreement Entropyfi announced the completion of 1.5 million USD seed round and private equity round financing, 4RC led the investment, Crypto.com, Hotbit, Woo Ventures, LD Capital and the geek investment team and angel investors ChainIDE, DeFi Dad, Mr. Block, Justin Bram Participate in the investment.
application
Virtual interactive video chat platform Gather completes US$50 million in Series B financing, led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures
Gather, a video chat platform focused on virtual interaction, completed a US$50 million Series B financing, led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures, with Dylan Field (Figma), Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn), Juan Benet, Lachy Groom, Elad Gil, YC Continuity, Neo and Haystack participated in the investment.
Digital identity authentication company Spruce completes $7.5 million in financing, led by Ethereal and Electric
Digital identity authentication company Spruce announced the completion of US$7.5 million in financing, led by Ethereal Ventures and Electric Capital. Other investors include BITKRAFT, Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, A. Capital Ventures, SV Angel, Protocol Labs, Future Positive, Third Kind Venture Capital , Gemini Frontier Fund and Parity Technologies co-founder Jutta Steiner, etc.
Penumbra, the first-tier network of Cosmos ecological privacy, completes $4.75 million in seed round financing
Penumbra Labs completed $4.75 million in seed round financing, led by Dragonfly Capital, and participated in the investment by Interchain Foundation, Lemniscap, Robot Ventures, Volt Capital, Figment, Strangelove Ventures, Informal Systems and ZKValidator.
Australian crypto investment application Bamboo completes US$4 million in Series A financing, with participation from Orthogonal Trading
The Australian crypto investment application Bamboo completed a US$4 million Series A financing, with participation from Orthogonal Trading, Mountain Ash Investment Management and VP Capital.
CeFi
Grayscale parent company DCG raised US$700 million at a valuation of US$10 billion, led by SoftBank Vision Fund II and Latin America Fund
Gray’s parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) raised US$700 million at a valuation of US$10 billion. The second phase of the SoftBank Vision Fund and Latin America Fund led the investment. GIC Capital, Ribbit Capital, and CapitalG, a private equity investment institution under Google’s parent company Alphabet, participated cast.
African cross-border payment company Chipper Cash completed US$150 million financing at a valuation of US$2 billion, led by FTX
African cross-border payment company Chipper Cash completed $150 million in round C deferred financing, led by cryptocurrency trading platform FTX, existing investors SVB Capital, Deciens Capital, Ribbit Capital, Bezos Expeditions, One Way Ventures and Tribe Capital, and some new investments After this round of financing, the company’s valuation reached 2 billion US dollars.
AscendEX, a cryptocurrency exchange, completes US$50 million in Series B financing, led by Polychain Capital and Hack VC
AscendEX, a cryptocurrency exchange, completed US$50 million in Series B financing. Polychain Capital and Hack VC led the investment. Jump Capital, Alameda Research, Uncorrelated Ventures, Eterna Capital, Acheron Trading, Nothing Research and Palm Drive Capital. AscendEX’s round B financing The valuation is USD 455 million.
other
Google invested US$1 billion in CME Group, and CME Group’s core clearing and trading system will be migrated to Google Cloud
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Google Cloud have signed a 10-year partnership. Google has invested $1 billion in CME Group, and CME Group’s core clearing and trading systems will also be migrated to Google Cloud. So as to change the global derivatives market by adopting the cloud.
Enjin, a blockchain game development platform, has established a US$100 million Efinity Metaverse Fund, which will be used for the ecological construction of Metaverse
Enjin, a blockchain game development platform, established a US$100 million Efinity Metaverse Fund to officially support Enjin’s ecosystem partners and help realize a decentralized Metaverse.
Avalanche Foundation launches US$200 million special investment fund “Blizzard”
The Avalanche Foundation launched a US$200 million special investment fund “Blizzard”. The initial investors of the fund include Avalanche Foundation, Ava Labs, Polychain Capital, Three Arrows Capital, Dragonfly Capital, CMS Holdings, Republic Capital, R/Crypto Fund, Collab +Currency, Lvna Capital, Finality Capital Partners.
NFT ecological investment company Sfermion’s venture capital fund Fund II completed a US$100 million fundraising, and DCG, Animoca Brands, etc. participated in the investment
NFT ecological investment company Sfermion’s venture capital fund Fund II completed a fundraising of 100 million US dollars, DCG, CMT Digital and Animoca Brands participated in the investment, individual investors include a16z partner Marc Andreessen, Gemini founder Winklevoss brothers and Bloq co-founder Matthew Roszak .
Crypto venture fund Collab+Currency raised US$60 million for the new fund and will continue to invest in early-stage crypto projects
Cryptocurrency venture fund Collab+Currency announced the completion of a new $60 million fund raising, and will continue to invest in early-stage crypto projects. In addition, Collab+Currency lists its investment portfolio on the new website launched.
Sanctor Capital, a blockchain investment institution, has raised US$20 million in its first fund and will focus on GameFi and other fields
Blockchain investment agency Sanctor Capital has raised US$20 million for its first fund, which will focus on GameFi, DeFi and cross-chain infrastructure development.
SocialFi platform Torum received investment from Kucoin Labs fund, the specific amount was not disclosed
SocialFi platform Torum has received strategic investment from Kucoin Labs Fund under Kucoin. The specific investment amount has not been disclosed. This cooperation will give Torum the connection with exclusive partners, as well as access to blockchain technical support and legal consulting services provided by the KuCoin ecosystem. Focus on the development of social network meta-universe. .
